The Evening Chorus

• Date de parution : 03/02/2015
• Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• EAN : 9780544352971
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• Support : Livre numérique

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The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live -- and relish -- the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose -- exquisitely limpid -- Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless. -- Emma Donoghue Downed during his first... Voir plus

The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live -- and relish -- the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose -- exquisitely limpid -- Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless. -- Emma Donoghue Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the Kommandants office. Meanwhile, back home, Jamess new wife, Rose, is on her own, free in a way she has never known. Then, Jamess sister, Enid, loses everything during the Blitz and must seek shelter with Rose. In a cottage near Ashdown forest, the two women jealously guard secrets, but form a surprising friendship. Each of these characters will find unexpected freedom amid wars privations and discover confinements that come with peace. The Evening Chorus is a beautiful, astonishing examination of love, loss, escape, and the ways in which the intrusions of the natural world can save us. The Evening Chorus sparkles. --Jo Baker A poised, lyrical novel about the griefs of war, written with poetic intensity of observation. --Helen Dunmore This riveting novel is a song. Listen. --Richard Bausch www.hhumphreys.com